List of Curzon Ashton F.C. seasons explained

Curzon Ashton Football Club is an association football club based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. Founded in 1963 and nicknamed "The Nash", the club is affiliated to the Manchester Football Association and currently competes in the National League North, (2023/24) at the sixth tier of English football. Curzon Ashton won Division One North of the Northern Premier League in the 2013–14 season, and the Premier Division play-offs in the 2014–15 season, thereby gaining promotion to the National League North. Home matches have been played at Tameside Stadium since 2005.^[1]

Early history

Curzon Ashton was formed in 1963 after the merger of two clubs, Curzon Road Methodists F.C. and Assheton Amateurs F.C., who played in the Manchester Amateur Football League. The amalgamated club's name was originally Curzon Amateurs before being changed to the current name. Curzon joined the Manchester League. In 1970–71, they were Manchester Intermediate Cup runners-up, followed by a hat-trick of wins in the competition. In 1973–74, they were runners-up in Division One of the Manchester League and then runners-up in the Premier Division, a feat they matched the following season. The reserve team then won four championships in a row and in 1977–78 the league and cup double. By this time they were playing at National Park, former home of pre-war club Ashton National. From this they acquired their nickname of 'The Nash.' The 1978–79 season saw Curzon become founder members of the Cheshire League Division Two and they won promotion at the first attempt, missing the title by just two points. In their first season in the top flight, they became the first North West club to reach the semi-final of the FA Vase. They lost both legs 2–0 to Stamford, the home leg producing the club's record home attendance of 1,800.

Key

Key to league record

• Level = Level of the league in the current league system
• Pld = Games played
• W = Games won
• D = Games drawn
• L = Games lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goals difference
• Pts = Points
• Position = Position in the final league table
• Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

• Res = Final reached round
• Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
• PR = Preliminary round
• QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
• G = Group stage
• R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
• QF = Quarter-finalists
• SF = Semi-finalists
• F = Finalists
• A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
• W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League														Cup competitions						Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average^[2] attendance	FA Cup^[3]		FA Trophy		FA Vase
		Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
Joined the new Cheshire County League Division Two from the Manchester Football League
1978–79	Cheshire County League Division Two		34	18	9	7	57	32	+25	45	2nd of 18 Promoted				QR2	1-0-1	—	R1	0-0-1
1979–80	Cheshire County League Division One		38	11	14	13	48	55	-7	36	9th of 20				QR2	1-0-1	SF	6-1-2
1980–81			38	14	8	16	48	63	-15	36	12th of 20				QR2	1-2-1	PR	0-0-1	—
1981–82			38	12	15	11	57	50	+7	39	8th of 20				QR3	2-1-1	QR1	0-1-1
League merged with the Lancashire Combination to create the North West Counties Football League
1982–83	North West Counties Football League Division One		38	14	8	16	46	47	-1	36	12th of 20				QR2	1-0-1	QR2	2-0-1	—
1983–84			38	21	5	12	74	51	+23	47	5th of 20				QR1	0-0-1	QR1	1-1-1
1984–85			38	21	6	11	85	60	+25	48	6th of 20				PR	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1985–86			38	18	9	11	52	50	+2	45	8th of 20				QR1	0-0-1	QR1	1-0-1	Peter Mayo Les Sutton
1986–87			38	4	12	22	35	78	-43	20	19th of 20				PR	0-1-1	—		PR	0-0-1
Joined the new Northern Premier League Division One
1987–88	Northern Premier League Division One	7	36	8	4	24	43	73	-30	28	18th of 19				PR	0-0-1	—	EPR	0-1-1	David Noble Steve Waywell
1988–89			42	13	11	18	74	72	+2	50	13th of 22				PR	0-0-1	R2	2-0-1	Steve Waywell
1989–90			42	17	11	14	66	60	+6	62	8th of 22				QR3	3-2-1	R3	3-1-1
1990–91			42	14	14	14	49	57	-8	56	10th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1
1991–92			42	15	9	18	71	83	-12	54	11th of 22				QR3	3-2-1	PR	0-0-1
1992–93			40	16	15	9	69	63	+6	63	7th of 21				QR1	0-0-1	R4	4-1-1	Steve Waywell David Jones
1993–94			40	13	8	19	62	71	-9	47	14th of 21				QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-1-1	—
1994–95			42	10	16	16	64	80	-16	46	15th of 22				PR	0-0-1	QR3	2-0-1
1995–96			42	20	7	13	73	53	+20	67	4th of 21				QR3	2-1-1	QR2	1-1-1	Derek Brownbill
1996–97			42	8	10	24	48	79	-31	34	20th of 22 Relegated				QR2	1-0-1	QR2	1-0-1	Terry McLean Dave Denby Ged Coyne
1997–98	Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division	8	38	7	8	23	42	75	-33	29	19th of 20 Relegated				PR	0-0-1	—	R2	0-0-1
1998–99	North West Counties Football League Division Two	9	36	12	7	17	56	58	-2	43	14th of 19				QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	? Joe Murty
1999–2000			34	24	6	4	78	26	+52	78	2nd of 18 Promoted				PR	0-0-1	R1	1-1-1	Joe Murty
2000–01	North West Counties Football League Division One	8	42	18	9	15	67	66	+1	63	11th of 22				PR	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1	Gary Lowe
2001–02			44	16	7	21	74	72	+2	55	13th of 23				PR	0-0-1	R2	2-0-1
2002–03			42	11	9	22	60	87	-27	42	18th of 22				EPR	0-0-1	QR2	0-0-1
2003–04			42	19	10	13	84	79	+5	64	7th of 22				PR	0-1-1	R1	1-0-1
			Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation
2004–05		9	42	23	7	12	66	45	+21	76	4th of 22				EPR	0-0-1	R2	2-0-1
2005–06			42	20	8	14	72	66	+6	68	7th of 22				QR1	2-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
2006–07			42	31	6	5	116	38	+78	99	2nd of 22 Promoted				QR2	2-0-1	SF	9-1-1
2007–08	Northern Premier League Division One North	8	42	23	9	10	78	48	+30	78	4th of 18			205	PR	0-0-1	QR2	2-0-1		—
2008–09			40	20	8	12	66	44	+22	68	5th of 21			174	R2	5-2-1	PR	0-1-1
2009–10			42	23	12	7	93	50	+43	75	3rd of 22			186	PR	0-1-1	PR	0-0-1
2010–11			44	25	10	9	85	49	+36	85	4th of 23			172	QR1	1-2-1	R1	3-0-1
2011–12			42	27	11	4	91	44	+47	92	2nd of 22			158	PR	0-1-1	QR3	2-1-1	John Flanagan
2012–13			42	22	7	13	98	67	+31	73	7th of 22			174	QR2	1-2-1	QR1	0-2-1
2013–14			42	31	6	5	92	36	+56	99	1st of 22 Promoted			187	QR3	3-1-1	R1	4-0-1
2014–15	Northern Premier League Premier Division	7	46	23	14	9	79	46	+33	83	4th of 24			276	QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-1-1
			Promoted after winning the play-off
2015–16	National League North	6	42	14	15	13	55	52	+3	57	11th of 22	Niall Cummins Matty Warburton	12	407	QR2	0-0-1	R2	2-0-1
2016–17			42	14	10	18	63	72	-9	52	14th of 22	Niall Cummins	14	405	R2	4-3-1	QR3	0-0-1
2017–18			42	12	13	17	52	66	-14	49	18th of 22	Niall Cummins	15	531	QR2	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
2018–19			42	13	10	19	44	71	-27	49	18th of 22	Ollie Crankshaw	9	450	QR3	1-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
2019–20			33	8	10	15	34	42	-8	34	20th of 22	Sean Miller	7	382	QR2	0-1-1	R1	1-0-1	Mark Bradshaw
			The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game
2020–21			17	4	5	8	18	26	-8	17	16th of 22	Dominic Knowles	7	– ^[4]	QR2	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1	Steve Cunningham
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22			42	13	13	16	51	63	-12	52	14th of 22	Alex Curran	11	342	QR4	2–0–1	R3	1–0–1	Steve Cunningham Adam Lakeland
2022–23			46	18	11	17	58	55	+3	65	13th of 24	Tom Peers	17	379	R1	3–3–0	R3	1–0–1	Adam Lakeland
2023–24			46	21	12	13	62	49	+13	75	7th of 24	Stefan Mols Jimmy Spencer	11	406	R1	3–0–1	R3	1–0–1	Adam Lakeland Craig Mahon
			Lost in the play-off quarterfinal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location – Curzon Ashton Football Club . Pitchero.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111118030120/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/curzonashtonfc/location/ . 18 November 2011 . 12 March 2012.
2. Web site: English attendances archive . EFS . 1 June 2024.
3. Web site: FA Cup past results . The FA . 4 June 2024.
4. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games